Play by Reginald Rose Teaching Activities by Rivka Lewenstein

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TWELVE ANGRY MEN
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Twelve Angry Men
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Vocabulary Practice
(List 2-A)
Fill in the sentences with words from the box below.
1.
When TEN calls the defendant a common slob who “don’t even speak good 
English,” he shows that 
he
is actually the … one.
2.
THREE is often … at what is happening in the jury room, such as when EIGHT 
proves that the old man couldn’t have reached his door in fifteen seconds, or when 
FIVE changes his vote to not guilty.
3.
In Act Two, EIGHT manages to entirely discredit
*
one of the two main … for the 
prosecution.
4.
The old man probably heard, rather than saw, someone running down the steps, 
and … that it was the boy.
5.
EIGHT uses the small … that the woman across the street remembered in order to 
prove that the old man couldn’t have heard the boy shout “I’m going to kill you.”
6.
When EIGHT tries to recreate the old man’s walk to the door of the apartment, 
TEN says that the whole thing is ….
7.
NINE believes that the old man made up his story to … attention and 
recognition.
8.
After THREE lunges at EIGHT, he … with the two jurors who have caught him 
and screams, “I’ll kill him! I’ll kill him!”
9.
In both Acts One and Two, EIGHT asks to see … from the case.
10.
The jury’s job is to decide whether the defendant is guilty or not, and not to 
be … with anyone else’s motive or opportunity.
11.
There is no way the old man could have heard the boy scream “I’m going to kill 
you” with the almost … noise of the passing el train right outside his window.
12.
At the beginning of the play, the vote is eleven to one … guilty, but by the middle 
of Act Two, two jurors have changed their vote to not guilty.
*discredit = show that someone is wrong and not to be trusted
assumed – struggles – spare – witnesses – in favor of – unbearable –
ignorant – intense – concerned – insane – gain – furious – details – exhibits